an article by Emily Bullock-Yowell, Kari A. Leavell, Amy E. McConnell, Amanda D. Rushing, Lindsay M. Andrews, Michael Campbell and Lauren K. Osborne (Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi) published in Journal of Employment Counseling Volume 51 Issue 1 (March 2014)
Abstract
This study adapted existing empirically supported interventions to explore options for serving large numbers of unemployed adults.
Participants included 150 unemployed adults (72 experimental group, 78 control group) seeking employment office services to maintain U.S. federal unemployment compensation.
A 1-hour workshop was offered to the 72 experimental group participants. The same career development variables were assessed during data collection for both groups.
Results revealed the workshop had no impact on negative career thinking and potentially increased career decision-making difficulties in the experimental group. Intervention effectiveness issues, implications for future research, and intervention options with unemployed adults are discussed.
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Do Hiring Subsidies Reduce Unemployment Among Older Workers? evidence from natural experiments
an article by Bernhard Boockmann (Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)), Thomas Zwick (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich), Andreas Ammermüller (Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)) and Michael Maier (University of Mannheim) published in Journal of the European Economic Association Volume 10 Issue 4 (August 2012)
Abstract
We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany.
Using a natural experiment, our first set of estimates is based on a legal change extending the group of eligible unemployed persons. A subsequent legal change in the opposite direction is used to validate these results.
Our data cover the population of unemployed jobseekers in Germany and was specifically made available for our purposes from administrative data.
Consistent support for an employment effect of hiring subsidies can only be found for women in East Germany. Concerning other population groups, firms’ hiring behaviour is hardly influenced by the programme and hiring subsidies mainly lead to deadweight effects.
JEL classifications: J64, H24, C31
Abstract
We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany.
Using a natural experiment, our first set of estimates is based on a legal change extending the group of eligible unemployed persons. A subsequent legal change in the opposite direction is used to validate these results.
Our data cover the population of unemployed jobseekers in Germany and was specifically made available for our purposes from administrative data.
Consistent support for an employment effect of hiring subsidies can only be found for women in East Germany. Concerning other population groups, firms’ hiring behaviour is hardly influenced by the programme and hiring subsidies mainly lead to deadweight effects.
JEL classifications: J64, H24, C31
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Support for providers working with unemployed adults
via NIACE News Feed
NIACE has produced two useful guides for providers delivering skills for unemployed adults, which were launched at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) annual conference on 19 June.
Managing challenging behaviour within skills provision for unemployed adults
The difficult circumstances of many unemployed learners and the introduction of skills conditionality have caused learning providers to perceive there to be a greater risk of unemployed learners exhibiting challenging behaviour. NIACE hopes this guide helps providers to support learners at risk of challenging behaviour to succeed in gaining skills and employment. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes the guide on managing challenging behaviour will be useful within any provision for unemployed adults that is delivered in group settings.
Full text (PDF 65pp)
Engaging micro-businesses: A guide for learning providers delivering skills provision for unemployed adults
With UKCES reporting that 24% of UK job vacancies are within businesses employing 1 to 4 employees, it was important that work was carried out to learn how learning providers could engage micro-businesses to facilitate the recruitment of unemployed learners. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes this guide will be useful in any content in which providers might wish to engage micro-businesses.
Full text (PDF 52pp)
NIACE has produced two useful guides for providers delivering skills for unemployed adults, which were launched at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP) annual conference on 19 June.
Managing challenging behaviour within skills provision for unemployed adults
The difficult circumstances of many unemployed learners and the introduction of skills conditionality have caused learning providers to perceive there to be a greater risk of unemployed learners exhibiting challenging behaviour. NIACE hopes this guide helps providers to support learners at risk of challenging behaviour to succeed in gaining skills and employment. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes the guide on managing challenging behaviour will be useful within any provision for unemployed adults that is delivered in group settings.
Full text (PDF 65pp)
Engaging micro-businesses: A guide for learning providers delivering skills provision for unemployed adults
With UKCES reporting that 24% of UK job vacancies are within businesses employing 1 to 4 employees, it was important that work was carried out to learn how learning providers could engage micro-businesses to facilitate the recruitment of unemployed learners. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes this guide will be useful in any content in which providers might wish to engage micro-businesses.
Full text (PDF 52pp)
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